Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Operation Manual Studio Manual

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You can bypass individual effects (or all effects) by 
clicking the corresponding Bypass button(s) for the FX 
channel track.
See “Routing an audio channel or bus through insert effects” on page 165.
You can also adjust level, pan and EQ for the effect re-
turn in the FX Channel Settings window.
This can also be done in the mixer or in the Inspector.
ÖRemember that the more effect units you use, the 
higher the CPU load.
Setting up the sends
The next step is to set up a send for an...

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ÖYou can choose whether a send in pre-fader mode 
should be affected by the channel’s Mute button or not.
This is done with the option “Mute Pre-Send when Mute” in the Prefe-
rences dialog (VST page).
When one or several sends are activated for a channel, 
the Send Effects buttons light up in blue in the mixer and 
the Track list. Click the button for a channel to bypass 
(disable) all its effect sends.
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3.From the submenu, select “Send Routing” and “Con-
trol Strip”.
In the Send Routing section of the Channel Settings window, each send is 
shown as a small routing diagram showing a pre/post selector to the right 
and a pan fader (where applicable). In the Control Strip section, you can 
activate the option “Link Send Routing Panners to Channel Panner as De-
fault”. When this is activated, the send panners follow the pan for the chan-
nel. This item is also available in the Preferences...

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FX channels and the Solo Defeat function
When mixing, you might sometimes want to solo specific 
audio channels, and listen only to these while other chan-
nels are muted. However, this will mute all FX channels as 
well. If the soloed audio channels have sends routed to FX 
channels, this means you won’t hear the send effects for 
the channels.
To remedy this, you can use the Solo Defeat function for 
the FX channel:
1.[Alt]/[Option]-click the Solo button for the FX channel.
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6.Pull down the Output Routing pop-up menu and on 
the Side-Chain submenu, select the PingPongDelay ef-
fect you set up for the vocal track.
This way, the signals from the second (duplicate) track are routed to the 
effect (and do not end up in the mix).
Now every time the signals on the vocal track exceed the 
threshold, the delay will be deactivated. Since the thres-
hold for the delay effect is fixed, you may have to adjust 
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is that if you select an external effect as an insert effect for 
an audio track, the audio will be sent to the corresponding 
audio output, processed in your hardware effect (provided 
that you have connected it properly) and returned via the 
specified audio input.
ÖCreating and handling of external effects is described 
in detail in the chapter “VST Connections: Setting up in-
put and output busses” on page 13.
Making settings for the effects
Editing effects
All inserts and sends...

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2.Click in the preset field at the top of the control panel.
This opens the preset browser.
You can also open the Preset browser from the Inspec-
tor (Inserts tab) or the Channel Settings window.
3.Select the desired preset in the list.
4.Activate playback to audition the selected preset.
Simply step through the presets until you found the right sound. It may be 
helpful to set up cycle playback of a section to make comparisons be-
tween different preset settings easier.
5.Double-click...

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If you wish to assign attributes to the preset, click the 
Tag Editor button.
Click in the Value column to select an appropriate “tag” for one or sev-
eral of the available categories in the Attributes column. For further infor-
mation on preset handling and the Tag Editor, see the chapter “The 
MediaBay” on page 287.
4.Click OK to store the preset and exit the dialog.
User-defined presets are saved in the following location:
 Win: Documents and Settings/User name/Application data/
VST3...

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5.Select the track (audio/group/instrument/fx channel) 
you wish to apply the new preset to, and click its Sound-
Frame button.
As you can see, the new preset is available at the top of the pop-up menu.
6.Select the preset you created from the pop-up menu.
The effects are loaded into the Insert slots of the new track, and the con-
trol panels for all effects are opened.
Note that when loading insert combination presets, any 
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ÖIf an effect plug-in comes with its own installation ap-
plication, you should use this.
As a general rule, always read the documentation or readme files before 
installing new plug-ins.
Installing VST 3 plug-ins under Windows
Under Windows, VST 3 plug-ins are installed by dragging 
the files (with the extension “.vst3”) into the vst3 folder in 
the Cubase application folder. When you launch Cubase 
again, the new effects will appear on the Effect pop-up 
menus. In the VST 3 protocol,...